On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Lyos Gemini Norezel <lyos.gemininorezel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fedora-Development - Generic development platform DVD has "Development" group with libs and headers and GCC and what not. > Fedora-Legacy - Everything older than a Pentium 3 (or, alternatively... all > processors slower than ~1.0GHz). Join XFCE SIG, they create spin with lightweight software. > Fedora-Server - Server distribution... should include all tools necessary to > setup various servers Again, DVD has "Server" group, and "Storage clustering" and "Virtualization"... > Fedora-Live - All of the 'Live' distributions should go here... anything > from LiveCDs to LiveUSB images. Desktop Media, KDE Media. They're also installable on USB > This proposal is far from complete... but I think it is necessary to stop > trying to be a 'everything and the kitchen sink' distribution... > and instead focus more on the groups that use fedora. For instance, the > majority of those on mainstream, are not going to need stuff > like apache, perl, python, etc. Majority of mainstream can use live media. Making them choose between >10 installation media is pointless > John Q Public wants to read his email, browse the web, watch porn/internet > videos, etc... not write code, manage a server, or screw > with a command line. Desktop Media! > By the same token, a developer is not likely to use any gui tool that does > not provide some extreme 'ease of use' case (be honest, > how many of ya'll use vi or vim over gedit?). Desktop Media after one "yum install gcc eclipse..." > To some extent, these groups already exist, but they are not/cannot be > complete until the distribution is behind each one. > The infrastructure will be difficult to setup, but once done, should be a > breeze to maintain. You are welcome! =) Join team, contribute, maintain spins you think are worth it. -- http://scwlab.com -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
